In knots over next month's election? You aren't alone. In a recent survey, fifty-two percent of American adults ~ Democrats and Republicans ~ admitted that the 2016 election is a "very or somewhat significant source of stress." Contributing to that stress is the steady stream of opinions from pundits and prognosticators about how the election will impact the stock market. Fortunately for your portfolio, opinions are not facts. Click HERE to de-stress with DFA's latest brief, "Presidential … [Read more...] about Presidential Elections and the Stock Market
Ten Reasons to be Cheerful
Do you ever listen to the news and find yourself thinking that the world has gone to the dogs? The roll call of depressing headlines seems endless. But look beyond what the media calls news, and there also are a lot of things going right, including: The world's biggest economy, the US, has been recovering. Unemployment has halved in six years from 10% to 5%. (1) Over the last 25 years, 2 billion people globally have moved out of extreme poverty, according to the latest United Nations … [Read more...] about Ten Reasons to be Cheerful
Out of the Matrix: Part 2
It's a great big world out there. At Scottsdale Wealth Planning, we build well diversified, global portfolios as the cornerstone of our long-term wealth plans. And each spring when the latest Dimensional Funds Matrix Book is released, our commitment to this approach is further confirmed. In today's video, DFA VP Joel Hefner uses Matrix Book data to illustrate the importance of global diversification and discipline by comparing the historical performance of US and emerging markets stocks over … [Read more...] about Out of the Matrix: Part 2